Answer:
First blank: six (6)
Second blank: six tenth of (0.6)
Explanation:
1) Interpretation of the question:
The question requires to fill in the blanks: 10 times as many ________ hundreds is 60 hundreds or ____________ thousands.
Hence, you need to find: 1) a number that multiplied by 10 is equal to 60 hundreds, and 2) express the same number in terms of thousands. So, you need to work with place value notions.
2) A number that multiplied by 10 is equal to 60 hundreds:
a) 60 hundreds = 6,000
b) 10x = 6,000 ⇒ x = 6,000 / 10 = 600 = six hundreds
3) 600 expressed in terms of thousands:
a) Find how many times 600 is in one thousand: 600 / 1,000 = 0.6
b) Therefore 600 = 0.6 thousand or six tenths of one thousand.
In conclusion you have writen the number 600 using two different place values: i) six hundreds (6 hundreds), and ii) six tenths of one thousand (0.6 thousands).
